“I'm an atrocious business man, because it's just not the way I think about things. And that's pretty much what all that Grammy/MTV kind of stuff is tied into.” ThinkingMenWayKindStuffTiedMtvGrammyBusiness Man Author:J. Robbins
“I think there's been this long cycle of the big companies making a lot of money by underestimating people's intelligence and people are used to it now. So, they're so used to having their intelligence underestimated that, for most of them, it really isn't worth the bother of paying a little more attention to something that might hit them on a deeper level. But you can't really read people's minds.” PeopleThinkingMindLittlesLongBigsMightUsedLevelsAttentionCompanyDeeperBotherCyclesLots Of MoneyUnderestimateUnderestimatedBig Companies Author:J. Robbins
“I think I've always been extremely conscious of the kind of empowerment that comes from realizing that you're in a position to express yourself. And the fact is that - and this is the thing about punk rock - that everyone is in a position to create culture, and that point has never been lost on me. To me, that's an important political aspect of doing this, and trying to live in a way that's about dialogue as opposed to like... spectacle.” ThinkingWayTryingKindImportantFactsPoliticalCultureLostRealizingRocksPositionConsciousAspectEmpowermentDialoguePunkExpress YourselfPunk Rock Author:J. Robbins
“I think politics and personal psychology and interrelationships - these things are interrelated to me and overlap.” ThinkingPsychology Author:J. Robbins
“I think, then, there's the sort of, like, political dimension to lyrics. One of the problems that I've had with my output as a lyric writer is that I look back at it and there's some turn-of-phrases and some images and some kind of montage-y kinds of things I'm really proud of. But it kind of bums me out that people have told me again and again that they don't really understand what I'm trying to say.” PeopleThinkingTryingLooksKindProblemPoliticalTurnsProudPhrasesDimensionsAgain And AgainOutput Author:J. Robbins
“Because as much as I love figuring out other people's puzzles, and love putting words together in ways that feel good to sing and sound good together and suit the melody, I think most of the best songs in the world are fairly clear about what they mean to say.” PeopleThinkingWorldWayFeelsMeanTogetherSongSoundClearAnd LoveFeel GoodSuitsMelodyPuzzles Author:J. Robbins
“Stage presence is not something I spend a whole lot of time thinking about. On the one hand, I do, because I have, like, favorite front-people and I know what's excited me to see in a band. But I can't be David Yow [Jesus Lizard frontman] and still play guitar.” PeopleThinkingKnowsStillsI CanPlayWholeHandsJesusStageFrontsBandGuitarExcitedLizardsStage Presence Author:J. Robbins
“I always feel like the less I think of stage presence, the better, because then I have to face the fact that I have really complicated guitar parts, I'm singing almost all the time, and I have like six pedals I've got to keep on top of” ThinkingFeelsFactsFacesStageSixSingingGuitarComplicatedPedalsStage Presence Author:J. Robbins
“I think Supernatural is the last WB show that's still on the air. It came from The WB and transitioned to The CW. I've been with The CW from the start of The CW, and it says a lot for our network and for our studio that they stood by the show and continued to keep the show high on their priorities list.” ThinkingStillsShowsLastsAirStudiosListsPriorities Author:J. Robbins
